All participants'medical records were reviewed for the preceding 12 months for the number of diagnoses, combined telephone and physician contacts with the facility, different physicians seen, and prescriptions.

Results

Increasing body mass index (BMI) was predictive of a greater number of diagnoses, contacts with the facility, total number of prescriptions, and number of different physicians seen.

After controlling for the number of diagnoses, BMI remained predictive of the number of different physicians seen.